Georgia 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Passed House 5 R cosponsors

HB 864 — Excise tax; sale of vapor devices and consumable vapor products; provide

Last action — House Tabled

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to taxes on tobacco products, so as to provide for excise taxes to be levied on the sale of vapor devices and consumable vapor products; to provide for the collection and remittance of such taxes; to require licensure for persons dealing with vapor devices or consumable vapor products and to provide for application and renewal of such licenses; to provide for appeals of certain decisions made by the state revenue commissioner; to provide for civil and criminal penalties; to provide for rules and regulations; to revise and provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. House Tabled

  2. House Reconsidered

  3. House Third Reading Lost

  4. House Third Readers

  5. House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

  6. House Second Readers

  7. House First Readers

  8. House Hopper

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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6 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 241 not signed on · 37 voted No

Sponsors (6)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (241)

241 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

PASSAGE

Failed 70 Yea · 89 Nay · 21 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 12604
Unaffiliated 2953014
Republican 401003
Total 7089021
% of votes cast 39%49%0%12%
How each member voted (180)
Member Party Vote
ALLEN — Nay
ANULEWICZ — Nay
BARR — Yea
BEASLEY-TEAGUE — Nay
BELTON — Yea
BENTLEY — Nay
BENTON — Nay
BEVERLY — Nay
BODDIE — Nay
BRUCE — Not Voting
BURNS — Yea
CAMPBELL — Yea
CANNON — Nay
CANTRELL — Not Voting
CLARK — Nay
CLARK — Nay
CLARK — Nay
COLLINS — Nay
COOKE — Nay
DOLLAR — Yea
DREYER — Not Voting
DUKES — Nay
ENGLAND — Yea
FRAZIER — Nay
GARDNER — Nay
GILLIGAN — Nay
GLANTON — Nay
GORDON — Nay
GRAVLEY — Nay
GURTLER — Nay
HATCHETT — Yea
HENSON — Nay
HILL — Yea
HOGAN — Yea
HOLMES — Yea
HOPSON — Nay
HOUSTON — Nay
HOWARD — Nay
JACKSON — Nay
JACKSON — Not Voting
JONES — Not Voting
JONES — Yea
JONES — Nay
JONES — Nay
JONES — Nay
KAUSCHE — Nay
KENNARD — Nay
KIRBY — Yea
KNIGHT — Yea
LARICCIA — Yea
LOPEZ ROMERO — Nay
LOTT — Yea
MARIN — Nay
MCCALL — Yea
MCLEOD — Nay
METZE — Not Voting
MOORE — Nay
MOORE — Nay
MORRIS — Yea
MORRIS — Yea
NGUYEN — Nay
NIX — Yea
PIRKLE — Yea
PRUETT — Not Voting
PULLIN — Not Voting
RALSTON — Not Voting
RICH — Not Voting
RIDLEY — Nay
ROBICHAUX — Nay
ROGERS — Yea
RUTLEDGE — Yea
SHANNON — Nay
SINGLETON — Nay
SMITH — Not Voting
SMITH — Nay
SMITH — Yea
SMITH — Yea
SMYRE — Yea
STEPHENSON — Not Voting
STOVALL — Nay
TANKERSLEY — Yea
TANNER — Nay
TAYLOR — Not Voting
THOMAS — Nay
THOMAS — Nay
TRAMMELL — Nay
TURNER — Nay
WATSON — Yea
WELCH — Not Voting
WILENSKY — Nay
WILLIAMS — Nay
WILLIAMS — Yea
WILLIAMS — Nay
WILLIAMS, JR. — Yea
WILSON — Nay
CALDWELL, JR. — Nay
Betsy Holland Democrat Nay
Billy Mitchell Democrat Nay
Brian Prince Democrat Nay
Carl Gilliard Democrat Nay
Carolyn Hugley Democrat Yea
Dar'shun Kendrick Democrat Nay
David Wilkerson Democrat Not Voting
Debbie Buckner Democrat Nay
Debra Bazemore Democrat Nay
Demetrius Douglas Democrat Nay
Dewey McClain Democrat Not Voting
Dexter Sharper Democrat Nay
Doreen Carter Democrat Nay
El-Mahdi Holly Democrat Nay
Josh McLaurin Democrat Nay
Karen Bennett Democrat Nay
Karla Drenner Democrat Nay
Kim Schofield Democrat Nay
Kimberly Alexander Democrat Nay
Mary Oliver Democrat Nay
Miriam Paris Democrat Nay
Rhonda Burnough Democrat Nay
Sally Harrell Democrat Not Voting
Sam Park Democrat Nay
Sandra Scott Democrat Nay
Scott Holcomb Democrat Not Voting
Sheila Nelson Democrat Nay
Shelly Hutchinson Democrat Nay
Spencer Frye Democrat Nay
Stacey Evans Democrat Nay
Viola Davis Democrat Nay
Alan Powell Republican Yea
Bill Hitchens Republican Nay
Bill Werkheiser Republican Nay
Bill Yearta Republican Yea
Bruce Williamson Republican Yea
Butch Parrish Republican Yea
Charles Martin Republican Yea
Chris Erwin Republican Yea
Chuck Efstration Republican Nay
Dale Washburn Republican Yea
Danny Mathis Republican Yea
Deborah Silcox Republican Yea
Don Parsons Republican Yea
Ed Setzler Republican Yea
Eddie Lumsden Republican Yea
Emory Dunahoo Republican Nay
Gerald Greene Republican Yea
Ginny Ehrhart Republican Yea
Houston Gaines Republican Yea
James Burchett Republican Yea
Jason T. Dickerson Republican Nay
Jesse Petrea Republican Nay
John Carson Republican Yea
John Corbett Republican Yea
John LaHood Republican Yea
Joseph Gullett Republican Not Voting
Josh Bonner Republican Nay
Karen Mathiak Republican Yea
Kasey Carpenter Republican Yea
Katie Dempsey Republican Yea
Lee Hawkins Republican Yea
Mandi Ballinger Republican Not Voting
Marcus Wiedower Republican Yea
Mark Newton Republican Yea
Martin Momtahan Republican Nay
Matt Barton Republican Yea
Matt Dubnik Republican Yea
Matt Reeves Republican Yea
Matthew Gambill Republican Nay
Mike Cheokas Republican Yea
Mitchell Scoggins Republican Yea
Rick Jasperse Republican Yea
Robert Dickey Republican Yea
Ron Stephens Republican Yea
Ron Stephens Republican Not Voting
Sharon Cooper Republican Yea
Shaw Blackmon Republican Yea
Steve Tarvin Republican Nay
Steven Meeks Republican Yea
Steven Sainz Republican Yea
Tim Fleming Republican Yea
Trey Kelley Republican Yea
Trey Rhodes Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 864 do?
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to taxes on tobacco products, so as to provide for excise taxes to be levied on the sale of vapor devices and consumable vapor products; to provide for the collection and remittance of such taxes; to require licensure for persons dealing with vapor devices or consumable vapor products and to provide for application and renewal of such licenses; to provide for appeals of certain decisions made by the state revenue commissioner; to provide for civil and criminal penalties; to provide for rules and regulations; to revise and provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Who sponsors HB 864?
HB 864 is sponsored by Bonnie Rich, Gerald Greene (Republican), Deborah Silcox (Republican), Sharon Cooper (Republican), Ron Stephens (Republican), and Mark Newton (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 864?
This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 864?
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